SYA024  MISS CHAIN & THE BROKEN HEELS

'Lie'  7"

December 2008

Black Wax - 400 copies

Clear Yellow Wax - 100 copies

track list:

Lie b/w He's Your Boy (But Could Be Mine)

We're very proud to release the third installment by one of coolest bands around here. After a couple of great 7"s and a tour in U.S. Miss Chain and her fave boys - the Barcella Bros and Disaster Silva - come back with a pair of charming garagey tunes full of power pop sensations.  

REVIEWS

English

Third single from Miss Chain, and much like the others, it's extremely proficient female-fronted powerpop from Italy cut from the same bolt as Suzy, Holly, Nikki, etc...Pleasant, hooky, light, no aftertaste, "Lie" is the down-but-still-perky heartbreaker, "He's Your Boy" is the sassy I'm-a-good-bad-girl mover (with hot guitar action), which is probably as good as most cuts on the Gentleman Jesse LP when you think about it. Can't complain about this one, really well done for the style. Produced by a Mojomatic, this is the only Miss Chain 7" still available, so all you young ladies better get moving.
(Rich Kroneiss/Terminal Boredom - May 2009)

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Miss Chain & The Broken Heels makes kind of sixties pop reminding you of old movies with girls dancing around wearing long dresses and big wigs. The sound is dominated by the female vocal, but with cool backing harmonies by the "boys". The songs are the kind of teenage bubblegum songs about problems with boyfriends and naive nonsense. But who cares when the voice of Miss Astrid is so charmingly cute you wannahug your speakers? It's hard not to love the happy grooves of this band...
(Tomsen/Lowcut Magazine - Mar 2009)

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It's fr-fr-fr-freezing cold right outside as I sit and type but as this record plays the skies turn from their winter gray to a bright summer blue and the cold white blanket of snow that covers the ground changes into it's vibrant summer greens. Who knows how Asstrid, the Barcella brother hip shakin' rhythm section and Mr. Silva He of the Rock Action manage to do such things in the sparkle pop magic way they do but like all magic it's much more fun if you allow yourself to believe it than to be a grumpy party pooper always trying to dispel things.
"Lies" is has "Break Up Song in the classic Girl Group style" stamped all over it. All the unnecessary ruffles are done away with for something a little more simple but just as stylish. A cool hook that stands alone in the introducing then bright and banging with out being too brash midtempo dance bop joining in. Tender but tough words about boy loses girl/girl gets new boy/boy can't understand why girl left/girl tells him why. Where are the Casey Kasem's of the modern world sending this out as some sort of backhanded long distance dedication across the airwaves of the world? It's a warm up track for side two's "He's Your Boy (But Could Be Mine)", a cautionary tale to American girls (Watch out! Your boy may be next), all bouncy and featuring a Real Kids thinking about Chuck Berry type of guitar solo taken to bent string twang outer limits.
There may be another 5 feet of snow dropped on this town over the next few weeks but it's like the middle of August when ever the Broken Heels are coming over the speakers
(Smashin' Transistors - Jan 2009)

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They did it again! Lovely Astrid and her boys come up with two more impressive examples of what real power-pop is all about. This is their third 45 and it's another little masterpiece. Both tunes deliver the perfect blend of classic late 70's power-pop, 60's all-girl group sounds and the minimalistic charme of early punk-rock. I said it before, but I will say it again, this band will be HUGE!!! If you really dig the sound of crunchy guitars, be a sucker for songs with the highest possible recognition value and go bananas for a full dose of harmonies, you need to have this 45 (and of course all their other releases too).

(Soundflat Mailorder - Jan 2009)
 

German

Mehr davon!
(Joachim Hiller/OX Fanzine #82 - Feb/Mar 2009)

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Diese italienische Band gibt es wohl erst seit dem letzten Jahr, dennoch haben sie inklusive der hier vorliegenden bereits drei Singles und schon so einige Touren (Europa, USA, Japan) hinter sich. Was sie produzieren ist richtig nett, nett im Sinne des netten Wortsinns: reizend, charmant, geradezu toll. Miss Chain, die Sängerin, also Miss Astrid Dante ist hierbei natürlich nicht allein, sie hat desweiteren noch Disaster Silva und die Barcella Brüder mit in ihrer Gang. Auf dieser Single versammeln sie leider nur zwei Titel ihres vermutlich noch nicht so riesigen Repertoires an Power Pop Smashhits. Bei ersten Hören war die Sache klar: Ein Song klingt wie von den Go Go's geschaffen, der andere wie aus der Feder von Blondie, ist schließlich auch naheliegend bei Power Pop mit weiblicher Stimme. Das wäre zwar auch nicht schlecht, aber auch ein wenig langweilig, grundsätzlich sollten wohl eher Vergleiche mit Bands wie The Beat und Nikki & The Corvettes gezogen werden, hinzu kommt aber tatsächlich ein 80s-touch und wenn, wie beim B-Seiten Song "He´s Your Boy", gesungen wird " ... an American Girl" muss man schon an die Go Go's denken und natürlich an Girlgroups aus den 60ern, aber das lag den Go Go's ja auch. Jedenfalls haben wir es hier mit zwei stimmigen Songs zu tun, die Action mit poppigen Melodien zu verbinden wissen. Gute Band, die sich nicht nur Power Pop Fans merken sollten

(Christian/Flying Revolver.net - July 2009)
 

Italiano

Vi siete appena ripresi dallo schiaffone che vi hanno tirato qualche tempo fa i Vermillion Sands? Orsù, porgete l'altra guancia per la mano felpata della gang lombardo-veneto capitanata dalla giunonica Astrid (già incontenibile nelle Nasties, tutte da scoprire...) questa Signorina ed i suoi Tacchi Rotti fanno un ottimo e amarognolo power pop dalle venature sixties, con intramontabili giri surf e blues a farcire pimpanti storie d'amore e tradimento.
Nell'attuale calderone del garage italiano sono uno dei gruppi che meglio ha saputo sfruttare un'intensa attività live per arricchire la scrittura di un genere che sembra condannato a perpetuarsi solo nei singoli (probabilmente hanno anche stabilito un record, se pensate che si sono formati solo nel gennaio 2008 e con solo tre 45 giri all'attivo hanno già concluso più che in pareggio un tour americano ed uno europeo).
Consigliamo allora al gruppo di rallentare la corsa, prendersi tutto il tempo necessario e consegnarci un vinile di Canzoni all'altezza delle aspettative che stanno creando. Restiamo fiduciosi in attesa: come si faceva una volta, insomma.
(Mario Panzieri/Rockit - Feb 2009)

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Un passo in avanti, l'ennesimo, per la band guidata da Miss Chain. E' targato Shake your Ass il nuovo singolo di una delle più ricercate formazioni power pop nostrane. Lie sul lato A è la sublimazione della vena pop-roots già riscontrata nei precedenti vinili, He's your boy (but could be mine) sul retro graffia di più senza uscire però dai binari della filologia 79/80. La ricerca esasperata della perfezione enciclopedica è il marchio di fabbrica di una band italianissima che non sfigurerebbe, anagrafe permettendo, in una compilation Bomp di trent'anni fa. Gran bel dischetto, ora però è maturo l'album. (Luca Frazzi - Rumore Magazine #205/Jan 2009)

Brazilian

Música comprimida em latas de sardinha digitais; canções servidas e enterradas sem nome, sem pai nem mãe, tal qual indigente em vala comum; álbuns sem cor, sem cheiro, nem tato, flutuando no ciberespaço virtual; verso-refrão-verso-refrão em fila indiana rumo ao ‘arquivo morto’, ‘delete’, ‘excluir’. Novos tempos, nossos tempos. Mas, nem por isso, bandas novas se entregam ao caminho mais prático e fácil na apresentação de sua música.

Os italianos do Miss Chain And The Broken Heels valorizam a carga sentimental e sensorial que pode haver na relação entre o ouvinte e uma canção. Alimentam todos os sentidos, não só a audição. Por isso nos oferecem seu novo single, Lie, apenas em versão vinil de sete polegadas e 45 rpm. Assim como fizeram em seus dois lançamentos anteriores, duas canções, uma para cada lado da bolachinha.

Miss Astrid Dante, os irmãos Franz e Brown Barcella e Disaster Silva, soam como uma colisão entre Blondie e Nikki And The Corvettes inspirada nas girl groups dos anos 60. No lado A do single, os garotos afiam as guitarras enquanto a voz colegial de Miss Chain hipnotiza nos versos e harmonias vocais sessentistas em Lie. Ocupando o lado B, a energia juvenil e urgente de “He’s Your Boy (But Could Be Mine)”, em um encerramento na melhor escola Ramones. Com a volta do vinil, em plena era iPod, e a fixação do grupo por formatos clássicos, nem é preciso perguntar com que tipo de disco um futuro álbum cheio do Miss Chain & The Broken Heels vai aterrisar.
(powerpopstation.blogspot.com - Apr 2009)